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IN PERSON EVENT, hosted by CDS Group North East Division

What to expect

This full day event with multiple speakers will identify common oral problems affecting patients receiving palliative care, including best interests decisions, the planning and delivery of domiciliary care; both service perspectives and at an individual patient level, discussing dental problems and solutions for both palliative patients and palliative teeth, based on case reports and peer review.

Timings

08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:00 Welcome
09:15 Lectures start
10:45 Morning break
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Afternoon lectures
14:30 Afternoon break and raffle
16:00 End of Lectures
16:00 Division AGM – members only
16:30 Close

Learning objectives

  • Identify common oral problems affecting patients receiving palliative care
  • Appreciate the complexities of ethical decisions relating to palliative dental care including best interests decisions
  • Discuss the role of the wider MDT in palliative care and approaches to improve the oral comfort of palliative care patients
  • Understand the importance of oral comfort for patients undergoing palliative medical care and the role of staff training in facilitating ward-based oral care
  • Analyse the planning and delivery of domiciliary care; both service perspectives and at an individual patient level
  • Apply the concepts of realistic dentistry, shared decision making and personalised approaches to dental care
  • Discuss dental problems and solutions for both palliative patients and palliative teeth, based on case reports and peer review.

Development outcomes

A, B, C and D

Meet the speakers

Susan Baines Photo 250X250 (1) Susan Baines Consultant in Special Care Dentistry
Charlotte Doddrell 250X250 Charlotte Doddrell Registrar in Palliative Care
Mary Gittins 250X250 Mary Gittins Specialist in Special Care Dentistry
Caroline Graham 250X250 Caroline Graham Consultant in Special Care Dentistry

More information

These will be distributed via email to all BDA members attending the event with the joining instructions.

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

Full programme will be available soon.

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If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

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Excellent speakers and a good opportunity for networking

Mix of speakers including patient perspective

Fabulous day in every way